Hello! I have a really good question about half marathon training to share today. The question is below, but essentially this runner wants to know how essential long runs are to half marathon training…
Hi Monica, I have been running pretty consistently for practically a year now, I have ran in several 5ks, one 10k and a 5 mile race, I have a treadmill in my house so when I can’t run outside I will use it. At the end of March I will be running in my first half marathon. I feel like I’m not up to speed on my training, I don’t have a lot of time for my long runs and when I am running it’s typically about 3-4 miles per day. I was wondering if you had any suggestions or suggestions you could give me? Are the long runs really essential or ought to I just keep up with shorts runs and do some cross training? look forward to hearing from you! Sincerely, V
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In answer to your main question – Are long runs really important?
Yes. For half marathon training the long runs can be considered the foundation for getting yourself prepared to run 13.1 miles. It’s a long distance, so you need to run long to get ready for it. even in half marathon training plans that ‘only’ have you run 3 days a week the long run is a essential part of that.
I completely understand that training for a long distance race takes up a lot of time. and between working and being a mother and life and the weather… it is really hard to fit in hours of running each week! I get it.
But, I don’t want you to get injured so I do suggest making sure that you try your best to build your body up to get ready for the distance. You don’t have to run long every week – some training plans call for 2 weeks of longer runs and then a step back week. Or find some other work around that is reasonable for your life and time.
Good luck!!! and let me know if you have any other questions. I’m pulling for ya ?
I started today with a run in the sun. beautiful out today.
It’s been way too long because I’ve had a green smoothie! I had a craving yesterday and hit up the store for some spinach and a banana – the two essential ingredients of an OG green Smoothie.
In the blender: Ice, Almond Milk, Spinach, Peanut Butter, Banana.
I also tried this very healthy snack situation – date with Almond Butter. I feel so healthy and fancy.
Except. I didn’t like it. Bah. E for effort.
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I got the half marathon training question through email – feel totally free to email me with your questions at runeatrepeat at gmail. I think a lot of runners have similar questions so it helps to share the information here and bounce ideas and methods off each other in the comments.
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